Combined mop holder and wringer.



W. J. BARBER.

COMBINED MOP HOLDER AND WRINGER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27, 1911.

1,004,965, Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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wringer of this in construction, c ent in operation, and Inexpensive 111mannthe combined mop holder prises a handle 5, the same being engagedfaccordance UNITED STATEd PATENT @Flllfih...

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OF MAB-IETTA. OHIOJASSIGNOR WILLIAM H. BARBER, OF MAR'IETTA,

COMBINED MOP HOLDER AND WRINGER.

of Letters Patent. Application filed June 27, 1911.

Specification Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 635,601.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, \liumvu J. Bxnnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of \Vashington and l State of Ohio,have invented new and use ful Improvements in Combined Mop Holders andVVringers, of which the following is a specification. 7

The primary object-of the invention is the provision of a mop holder andwringer in which the mop cloth may be held in proper position formopping the floor, and can be wrung out for freeing the same fromsurplus water.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a mop holder andwringer in which 4 the cloth thereof may be distended and retractedduring the mopping of a floor, for the thorough cleaning thereof, andalso that Will permit the wringing of the cloth without the splashing ofwater contained therein, and at the same time avoiding the necessity ofmanually handling the cloth for this purpose. Y v

A further object of the invention is the provision of a combined mopholder and character which is simple thoroughly reliable and ellislideS, the same being turned ears 9, through which are passed pivots 10, thesame being also passed through the depending ears of the ferrule orsocket extension.

Engaged in the slide comprising a wire frame 11, the latter being formedpreferably of wire bent to provide spaced side limbs 12 uniting frontand rear end loops 13 and 14, respectively. Passed through the frontloop 13 is an endless mop cloth 15, the same being also passed through"a loop 16 formed on a turning shank 17, the latter being pivoted in theferrule and the handle engaged therein, and terminates in a rightangular crank handle 18, the shank 16 being journaled at a pointrearwardly of the depending ears of the ferrule or socket extension, sothat upon turning the crank handle 18 when the mop holder has been swungto right angles to' the axis of the handle 5, the mop cloth may betwisted and wrung, so as to free water therefrom, without manualhandling of the mop cloth.

Formed in the side limbs of the mop holder are abutment shoulders 19which limit the forward movement of the slide 8 upon the said limbs,when the mop cloth is engaged with the floor, and by reason of thepivotal connection of the slide with the de pending ears of the ferruleor tubular socket extension 6, the handle 5 may be raised and loweredfor exerting the required pressure upon the mop cloth, during themopping operation, the slide 8 being free to move forwardly andrcarwardly into contacting relation with the shoulders 19' and the rearloop 12. I

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will.be readily understood, without requiring a more extended explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a socket extensionadapted to receive a handle, a slide pivotally connected to the socketextension at one side thereof, a mop holding frame slidably engaged inthe slide, a wringing device mounted in the socket member, and a mopcloth engaged with the mop holding frame and the said wringing I device.

2. A device of the class described, comformed with up- 8 is a mopholder,

feature.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstructitm, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of'a 'mop and wringerconstructed in with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof."Fig. 8 is a side elevation, showing the cloth twisted for the wringingof surplus water, therefrom. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview of the device. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View of the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the'drawings. v 1 Referring to the drawings bynumerals,

and wringer comin a ferrule or tubular sotket extension 6, the latterbeing formed with spaced parallel ears 7, to which is pivotallyconnected a prising a socket extension adapted to re ceive a handle,a'slide pivotally connected to the socket exten'sionat one side thereof,

a mop holding frame, slidably engaged in the slide, a wringing devicemounted in the socket member, a mopcloth engaged with the mop holdingframe and the said wringing device, and bends formed in the mop holding'frame to limit the movement of the slide thereon.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a handle, a socketextension mounted upon one end of the handle and having spaced parallelears projectin outwardl from one. side thereof, a slide member pivotallyconnected to the ears, a mo holder slidably connected in the slide anhaving loop ends, a mop cloth engaged in one of the WILLIAM J. BARBER.

Witnesses: I ASA E. WARD, \V'. H.- BARBER.

